ID 1380870
Lot 24 | RUFINO TAMAYO (1899-1991)
Estimate value
$ 800 000 – 1 200 000
Mujer con sandía
signed and dated 'Tamayo 0-59' (lower right)
oil and sand on canvas
51 ¼ x 38 in. (130.2 x 96.5 cm.)
Painted in 1959.
Provenance
Knoedler Galleries, New York
Ms. Eleanor S. and Mr. John M. Shoenberg collection
Sale; Christie's, New York, 24 November 1997, lot 56
Private collection, Connecticut (acquired at the above sale)
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 28 May 2015, lot 39
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
L. Cardoza y Aragón, México: Pintura activa, 1961 (illustrated).
L. Cardoza y Aragón, Pintura contemporánea de México, 1974 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Knoedler Galleries, Tamayo, 17 November-12 December 1959, n. 18.
Further details
We are grateful to Professor Juan Carlos Pereda for his assistance cataloguing this work.
| Artist: | Rufino Tamayo (1899 - 1991) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Mexico |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Rufino Tamayo (1899 - 1991) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Mexico |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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